Anyone else sick of Europeans making fun of North Americans for not liking soccer?

Ok I know people like soccer more in Europe but I am still sick of you guys saying us Americans and Canadians don't know anything about soccer and don't like it. Ok so if we don't like it then why does my team average in the top 40 in the world in attendance at 36,000 selling out every match. We just opened up our stadium a bit more to 46,000 for an MLS regular season match to see if it will still sell out and guess what its still selling out at 46,000 on weekdays! Ok so if we are selling out at 46,000 seats every match and the whole entire crowd sings and has a jersey of the team on then how do we not like soccer? Are you guys telling me that every match 46,000 fans crowd into the stadium to watch soccer even though they don't like soccer? Also we tied England in the world cup so I don't know what else you Brits want us to do to prove that we like the beautful game so ya...

However I am english and have experience some hate whilst playing NHL online. I have been told I shouldnt be playing the game because I dont understand ice hockey. It works both ways, but shouldnt matter at all.

the problem is the culture difference kids in England are brought up with people asking who do you support and its in bedded in us at a young age the problem is most of the people that moan and say stupid things are normally young and support either man u or arsenal. Some of the best games ive played on fifa have been against people from across the pond and i personally find their temperament is much nicer. it allways nice beating galaxy with leicester. Anyway could be worse good be french.

To be honest if you called it football not soccer europeans would not suggest that Americans ect dont like football

I don't know why I need to say football when where I am from they call it soccer. Its like Austrailians call rugby football, is that a big deal? Not really. Now if I was in Europe I would call it football since that is what everyone calls it where I am at the time, but since I am sitting at my computer in Seattle, WA in the United States I will call it soccer.

I'm from Australia and we have rugby leauge, rugby union, soccer and aussie rule football. There are people who call each of those sports football, it all depends on your own personal preference. I mean, you use your feet for all of them don't you?

Back on topic, I don't see the big deal with calling soccer soccer, I think it is just ignorant to think that people are wrong if they don't call the a sport by the same name another country does. England calls soccer football, but In Australia I call Aussie Rules Football, Because thats what I have grown up with. I am not going to get angry with an englishman calling soccer football, and I will still know what they are talking about.

I used to have an english girlfriend and she used to call potato chips crisps, I never felt the need to correct her or get all rascist.

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Works both ways. Americans make fun of Euros and their way of playing sports that are "American" all the time. How often do you hear Americans call European basketball or hockey players "soft" or "finesse" players? It happens all the time. I find however that Americans are far more sensitive to being stereotyped than Europeans are because their is some sort of elitist complex built up inside of them. For instance, how many threads do you see in the NBA 2k12 forum posted by Europeans complaining about how Americans make fun of their lack of knowledge when it comes to basketball? The fact of the matter is all of the major European football leagues DWARF and I mean DWARF the MLS and until that changes (which it never will), American soccer will always be second and thought of as second, if not third class (don't forget about South America) when it comes to football. No different is this than all European basketball leagues are thought of as second class to the NBA. Move on, enjoy your MLS and quit worrying about your perceived intelligence when it comes to soccer.

its true that america have to change everything to be different,like calling football soccer,calling petrol gas,pavement sidewalk,and the famous one colour color
most of them dont admit that its not the real way , all these words were made up in 1800 by weirdos like that noah american guy who said lets change colour to color,
u get some strange americans

Right. Heres an example of why I dont like Americans + Football together.

We invented it and called it Football, why change it to soccer?

We still call your sports there proper names for example American Football

Its just akwardness and it is annoying.

Oh and another thing that annoyed my whilst reading is this, you put ''tied'' instead of draw! Ha that sounds so shit! We invented to game and called it a draw. No need for it to change. Whats next? Changing a goal to a score?

Right. Heres an example of why I dont like Americans + Football together.

We invented it and called it Football, why change it to soccer?

We still call your sports there proper names for example American Football

Its just akwardness and it is annoying.

Oh and another thing that annoyed my whilst reading is this, you put ''tied'' instead of draw! Ha that sounds so shit! We invented to game and called it a draw. No need for it to change. Whats next? Changing a goal to a score?

Works both ways. Americans make fun of Euros and their way of playing sports that are "American" all the time. How often do you hear Americans call European basketball or hockey players "soft" or "finesse" players? It happens all the time. I find however that Americans are far more sensitive to being stereotyped than Europeans are because their is some sort of elitist complex built up inside of them. For instance, how many threads do you see in the NBA 2k12 forum posted by Europeans complaining about how Americans make fun of their lack of knowledge when it comes to basketball? The fact of the matter is all of the major European football leagues DWARF and I mean DWARF the MLS and until that changes (which it never will), American soccer will always be second and thought of as second, if not third class (don't forget about South America) when it comes to football. No different is this than all European basketball leagues are thought of as second class to the NBA. Move on, enjoy your MLS and quit worrying about your perceived intelligence when it comes to soccer.

The MLS will definitely catch up to European leagues...it will just take a while.

Problem is that in the United States we have the collegiate system. By the time players get to the pro-league, they're already in their early 20s, rather than 16yr olds brought up in U-18 leagues.

its true that america have to change everything to be different,like calling football soccer,calling petrol gas,pavement sidewalk,and the famous one colour color
most of them dont admit that its not the real way , all these words were made up in 1800 by weirdos like that noah american guy who said lets change colour to color,
u get some strange americans

ITS FOOTBALL 100% CALL IT THE REAL WAY

I was just in England a few years ago and people there were calling it both gas and petrol, in the states we use the words pavement and sidewalk, and honestly are you really critisizing us for taking out the u in color?

Works both ways. Americans make fun of Euros and their way of playing sports that are "American" all the time. How often do you hear Americans call European basketball or hockey players "soft" or "finesse" players? It happens all the time. I find however that Americans are far more sensitive to being stereotyped than Europeans are because their is some sort of elitist complex built up inside of them. For instance, how many threads do you see in the NBA 2k12 forum posted by Europeans complaining about how Americans make fun of their lack of knowledge when it comes to basketball? The fact of the matter is all of the major European football leagues DWARF and I mean DWARF the MLS and until that changes (which it never will), American soccer will always be second and thought of as second, if not third class (don't forget about South America) when it comes to football. No different is this than all European basketball leagues are thought of as second class to the NBA. Move on, enjoy your MLS and quit worrying about your perceived intelligence when it comes to soccer.

I have to agree with you 100%. Especially your last sentence, I enjoy the EPL as much as the next person but I also enjoy the MLS (am a big supporter of TFC) and I personlly dont care to what my European friends say about our level of play. I enjoy it and thats all I care about

and too clarify the 'u' was taken out of words in the states because we don't have the accent. and in the early 1800's the former colonist were trying to distances themselves from Britain in every way possible. Not that this has anything to do with soccer! HAHA! and one last thing, someone said keep our sports and never even mentioned baseball! Classic ignorance. shows how little we know about other cultures.

Right. Heres an example of why I dont like Americans + Football together.

We invented it and called it Football, why change it to soccer?

We still call your sports there proper names for example American Football

Its just akwardness and it is annoying.

Oh and another thing that annoyed my whilst reading is this, you put ''tied'' instead of draw! Ha that sounds so shit! We invented to game and called it a draw. No need for it to change. Whats next? Changing a goal to a score?